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Conflict Incident Report

Hand grenade goes off in Bab Tabbaneh

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
April 1, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

A hand grenade exploded in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh, near Malas station and parallel to Abou Ali River, NNA field reporter said on Wednesday. A Lebanese Army unit instantly headed to the explosion site, but gave no word on any casualties. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42478/Hand-grenade-goes-off-in-Bab-Ta...

Primary category: 
Explosion
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.